THE SAGARIAN TIMES IN THIS ISSUE Articles
May 09, 2010 - Aug 10, 2010
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Monthly Theme
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From the Editors Desk
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CBSE Results
1
The German Exchange Programme
1
Egypt Tour
2
CCE Workshop
2
Inter-House General Quiz Competition
2
Inter-House Soccer Championship
2
Fresher’s Eve
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First Alumini Visit
3
Student Council Election 2010-11
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The visit to Malliyer Village
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Shakespearean Play Competition
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English Prose Elocution Competition
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Inter-House Basketball Championship Results
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Staff vs Students Soccer Match
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Inter-School Debate Competition
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Inter-School Quiz Competition
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Inter-House Hindi Debate Competition
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Photographs from German Exchange & Egypt Trips
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Monthly Theme The months of July and August have been awarded with illustrious themes of “Values and vision” and “follow your dreams” respectively. With such themes at the back of their mind the students strove to the best of their abilities and have produced some commendable results. They had been extensively grilled through varied presentations every morning by their mentors based on these themes and will surely imbibe certain values from them. Both the themes emphasize upon the importance of aims and objectives in our lives in the absence of which, our lives can go astray. Such themes provide an impetus and direction to our lives. From the Editors Desk With the monsoon season on the out set and vacations coming to an end made the students little sad. Coming back to school brings back to them the realization of all those errands which an adolescent has to accomplish while in a boarding school. Landing on the campus of the school and listening to the morning rouser, wake up calls of the house parents brought them slowly back to the calendar of the school. There were initial complaints and grudges and then reluctantly they rolled back in to their positions. For the Sagarians all these jitters and blues form the very ingredients of their eventful life in their prized Alma matter. Like every year this year also they were introduced to an exciting and eventful phase of the year and it was glad to see that they caught the pace very fast. Maintaining a balance between academics and co-curricular activities is always a tedious job but, they are well versed with it now and are trying their level best not to dissatisfy any body on any of the frontiers. CBSE RESULTS The Sagarians brought fresh laurels to the school by producing a good result at the Secondary and the senior secondary levels. The school results are showing a continuous improvement over the years. Following students excelled in class X: Names CGPA Sisira Hawaibam 9.6 Shrishti Bose 9.4 Sarah Ahmad 9.4 Shalu Pal 9 At the senior secondary level following students topped in the school and produced a stupendous result: Names Percentage Harshit Saboo 84.4%( Commerce) Amita Singh 83.6%(Commerce)
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THE GERMAN EXCHANGE PROGRAME The Exchange programme between The Sagar School and the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Neckarsulm, Germany proved quite fruitful to a group of Sagarians. Nine students along with two teachers Dr. I. D. Mehta and Mrs. Hamsa Santhanam visited the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Neckarsulm Germany, to take part in the Exchange Programme that was organised between the two schools from 30th April to 20th May, 2010. Rounak Agarwal, Megha Deshwal, Yashika Bansal, Chirag Bansal, Lovesh Yadav, Himanshu, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Harshit Arora and Prateek Singla participated in the programme. The Indian students stayed with their German partners in the letters families. The accompanying teachers stayed with German teachers of the above school. Some of the places visited by the students in and around Neckarsulm, West Germany include; Porsche Museum, Eagle show, Audi Forum, A Nazi Camp, Alps Mountains etc. Mrs. Hamsa Santanam & Dr. I. D. Mehta Editorial Board
Students in Germany during Exchange Programme
Staff Editor: Mr. Vijay Masih Design Editor: Mr. Arjun Singh Student Editors: Manisha Rani, Chirag Bansal, Parikshit Jhorar Photographs by: Mr. Santanu Mitra
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Page 2 EGYPT TOUR A group of eight students along with Mrs. Chitra Singh visited Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. It was an educational trip conducted by Odyssey Group of Global Classroom. The trip mainly focussed on the historical aspects of the glorious Egyptian Culture and civilization. They visited there from 16th to 23rd of May. The main attractions of the tour were the Pyramids, Sphinx and the Library. The students got an opportunity to interact with different schools. The trip was very informative and enjoyable as well. The students on the trip were Parivartan Somany, Imanshu Jain, Amit Bhardwaj, Apoorva Agarwal, Prikshit Jhorhar, Yuvraj Singh, Mandhir Girdhar and Ruchir Raj. Parikshit Jhorhar - XA
INTERHOUSE GENERAL QUIZ COMPETITION Date: 24th July, 2010 Junior Category
Senior Category
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st
1 Position : Emerald House
1 Position: Diamond House
Participants
Participants
Yogesh Yadav
Anjali Sakkarwal
Abhisaar Verma
Vega Sampa
Satvik Raj Rastogi
Jaskaran Singh Bindra
Tanya Kabeer
Shubham Surekha
nd
nd
2 Position : Sapphire House
2 Position: Sapphire House
Participants
Participants
Raman Sharma
Kirti Dalal
Pragyan Thapa
Pranav Jain
Thoinu Karam
Chileshe Sampa
Pururaj Gandhi
3
rd
Mondeep Gogoi
3
Position : Diamond House
rd
Position: Ruby House
Participants
Participants
Dewangi Sharma
Himanshu Yadav
Arijit Choubey
Parth Baberwal
Nimish Magre
Sahil Jain
Jyoti Udayan
Aditi Sharda
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CCE WORKSHOP The CCE workshop was conducted on 9th and 10th July for all teachers. It was conducted by a team of staff members i.e. Mr. T. S. R. Santanam, Mr. Ravi Lal, Mrs. Chitra Singh, Mrs. Seema Punia and Mrs. Richa Batra. Mr. Santanam discussed about the filling of Math grades in the Scholastic areas. Mrs. Chitra Singh took over the subject of keeping, maintaining the records for the co-Scholastic areas and the same to converted in to descriptive indicators. Mr. Ravi Lal took up the topic of Rubrics for life skills and converting them in to grades. Mrs. Seema Punia carried out the work shop for maintaining Rubrics for Attitudes and Values and converting them in to grades. Mrs. Richa Batra took up the Rubrics for Scientific Skills and their convergence in to Grades. All the teachers were formed in to various teams and participated enthusiastically in the learning process. The general feedback by all the participants was that they truly benefitted from this workshop. Some were of the opinion there should be more such workshops till everyone is equipped in CCE. Some requested for more case studies. All in all, it was a good experience. Mrs. Chitra Singh(Humanities Faculty)
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4 Position: Ruby House
4 Position: Emerald House
Participants
Participants
Kartika Punia
Chirag Bansal
Harsh Jain
Revant Jha
Gaurang
Avelok Singh
Abhishek Sharma
Romeda Thapa
INTER HOUSE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 22 - 27 JULY 2010 HOUSE
HOUSE POINTS
POSITION
Diamond
16
I
Ruby
12
II
Sapphire
8
III
Emerald
4
IV
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Page 3 FRESHER’S EVE
THE VISIT TO MALLIYER VILLAGE
About 86 students and 6 teachers have joined The Sagar family this year and all of them have immense talent which they displayed on the fresher’s eve on 25th July. The eve was a colourful extravaganza of various items like dance, drama and music. The audience was thrilled and encouraged the participants for their maiden efforts. It was a good opportunity for the new comers to display their facets and The Sagar family embraced them with love and affection. These new children will definitely become an integral part of the co-curricular activities of the school and bring laurels to their Alma matter. Manisha Rani-XIIA
A group of 23 students visited the village Malliyer on 29th July from 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm. Out of 23 students eight students belonged to the IAYP and rest of the students were of class IX B. On reaching the village they were divided into four groups. Each group was led by a student from the IAYP. The girls too visited the families in groups. The families welcomed the girls and they came to listen to them. The girls asked them various questions related to their general health and hygiene. They told them the importance of remaining clean and also washing hands before every meal. The children and the women who came in groups to listen to the girls were very inquisitive. The boys also visited certain families and the Sarpanch’s house to give him and his family certain guidelines about health and hygiene. The boys observed that the village people knew already had the basic knowledge of health and hygiene. But some of them were not putting it into practice. The children of the village followed us in a group to a long distance and many of them requested for pens. So we request the members of other groups to carry with them sketch pens on their next visit to the village. Mr. Ravi Lal and Mr. G. P. Panda escorted the students and assisted them in accomplishing their task. Mr. G.P. Panda (Librarian)
FIRST ALUMINI VISIT
It was a moment of pride for the former Sagarians as they got a golden opportunity to visit their Alma mater. About 39 students visited on 1st August and refreshed their memories. These students were heartily welcomed by the prefects and a team of teachers. After receiving the warm welcome they had a campus stroll. They were all nostalgic and some of them shared their past experiences with the Principal, the Vice Principal and other teachers. A few of them availed the opportunity to play in the sport’s centre as well as outdoor basket ball court. They were elated to see the changes in the school campus. They also appreciated the new facilities which were not available at their time. They also offered their valuable suggestions to the management. One former student Rahul Jasoria also volunteered to offer soccer coaching to the students at the school. STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION 2010-11
The elections for the student Council for the year 2010-11 were held on 21st July and following students have been elected to represent their classes: NAME Issac Lal
CLASS V
Kritika Punia
VI
NAME Sufiyan Khan Abhijeet Dhillon
CLASS IX B XA
Aakash Udyan
VIIA
Siddharth Agarwal
XB
Arijit Chaubey
VII B
Jaskaran Singh
XI A
Yatin Madan
VIII A
Nikhil Yadav
XI B
Jyoti Udyan
VIII B
Shubham Surekha
XII A
Ansh Saini
IX A
Nikhil Singh
XII B
Shakespearean Play Competition Our school participated in the Inter school Shakespearean Drama Competition at Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls Public School in Jodhpur on 31st July 2010. Seven reputed schools from across the region participated in the competition. Our school was asked to prepare an extract from the play “As you like it”. Our students mesmerized every one with their spell bounding performance. We bagged first position in the ‘Dialogue delivery category’ stood overall third position. The participants of the competition were; Zinia-XII B, Deepak Rastogi-XI A, Sidharth Agarwal -X B and Vega Sampa-X B. Priyanka Sharma(English Faculty)
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ENGLISH PROSE ELOCUTION COMPETITION
INTER SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION
Date: 31st July, 2010
Four students participated in an Inter School Debate Competition on 7th August. It was organized by the National Academy, Alwar.About 12 twelve reputed school from across the region participated in the competition. It was divided into two categories viz juniors and seniors. The topic for the juniors was, “Instead of metros in cities we need good roads in villages”. Satvik Raj and Nimish Magre from class VIII presented their views and the judges appreciated their efforts. In the senior category I and Abhishek Chaturvedi from class IX also presented our views. The topic in our category was, “Peer advice and not family advice helps children to choose the area of their career”. It was an enriching experience for the participants and we thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of it. Vega Sampa-XB
GROUP A (CLASS-IV,V& VI)
Shourya Singh Negi - 1
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GROUP B (CLASS -VII, VIII)
Aryaman Gir - 1st
Amulya Manna - 2nd
Tanya Kabeer - 2nd
Shreryl Masih - 3rd
Arijit Kumar Chaubey - 3rd
OVERALL POSITIONS FOR THE HOUSES
Diamond - 2nd
Diamond - 1st
Ruby - 4th
Ruby - 2nd
Emerald - 1st
Emerald - 3rd
Sapphire - 3rd
Sapphire - 4th
GROUP C (CLASS-IX&X)
GROUP D (CLASS-XI&XII)
Avelok Singh - 1st
Chirag Bansal - 1st
Kirti Dalal - 2nd
Chileshe Sampa - 2nd
Pulkit Bara - 3rd
Meenal Bohra - 3rd
OVERALL POSITIONS OF THE HOUSES
Sapphire - 1st
Ruby -1st
Emerald - 1st
Emerald - 2nd
Ruby - 2nd
Sapphire - 3rd
Diamond - 3rd
Diamond - 4th
INTER SCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION
St. Xavier School Behror organized an Inter School GK quiz on 7th August. Eight students from our school participated in the competition. The competition consisted of ten rounds and contained various questions on topics like politics, sports, entertainment, culture and life in Rajasthan etc. About 15 renowned schools participated in it. The competition was tough but our students tried their level best and displayed their knowledge in various topics. The students of school included Pururaj Gandhi-VIII, Abipsa Panda-VIII, Sumit Lohia-VIII, Tania Kabir-VIII, Yashika-IX, Kirti Dalal-IX, Pranav Jain-X and Sahil Jain-X.The competition enhanced the knowledge of the students and exposed them to various aspects of quizzing. Kirti Dalal-IX
INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT 03 - 09 August 2010
House Emerald Diamond Sapphire Ruby
Points 10 8 8 7
Position I II II III
STAFF vs. STUDENTS SOCCER MATCH
A Soccer Match was played between staff and the students on 31st July. The students were elated to see the high spirits of their Mentors. It was a one hour match and the players thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of it. The teachers displayed the same spirit in the field which they exhibit in the class rooms. The students encouraged and cheered for their teachers. Though the match was won by students by a huge margin of 6-0 the teachers continued to play with the same zeal which they had in year beginning of the match. The students learnt the lesson of humbleness from their teachers.
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THE SAGARIAN TIMES INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE COMPETITION Date: 7th August 2010
Group 1
Group 2
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SENIORS
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1 Position : Pradhumn Sharma (Emerald) 1 Position : Jyoti Udayan (Diamond) Group - A Group - B 2nd Position : Harshit Jain (Ruby) 2nd Position : Gagan Agarwal (Sapphire) 1st Position Chirag Bansal 1st Position Kirti Dalal 3rd Position : Sheryl Masih (Diamond)
3rd Position : Arman Gulia (Diamond)
2nd Position Aman Sharma 2nd Position Anjali Sakkarwal
4th Position : Resham Jain (Sapphire)
4th Position : Gaurang Agarwal (Ruby)
3rd Position Meenal Bohra 3rd Position Parikshit Jhorar and Prashant Sharma 4th Position Harsh Metrey
HOUSE POSITION st
1 Emerald 2nd Diamond 3rd Ruby 4th Sapphire
1st Diamond 2nd Sapphire 3rd Emerald 4th Ruby
1st Ruby nd 2 Sapphire & Emerald
HOUSE POSITION 1st Diamond 2nd Sapphire 3rd Ruby, 4th Emerald
Photographs from German Exchange & Egypt Trip
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